大米

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	rice; meter
simp. and trad. (大米)		大	米

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ mai⁵
Min Nan (POJ): tōa-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmii
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ mai⁵
  - Yale: daaih máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² mɐi̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxbie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/

Noun

大米

rice (that is uncooked)

Usage notes

For cooked rice, use 米飯／米饭 (mǐfàn). For rice paddy, use 稻子 (dàozi) or 稻穀／稻谷 (dàogǔ).

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